Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Boxing Day Music News You Can Use

Only one item today, our weekly visit to Hawai'i with legendary Poi Boy Uncle Tom Moffatt. For you new readers, Uncle Tom is the KPOI (Honolulu) DJ who first brought Col. Parker and Elvis to Hawai'i in the early 1960s, and he's been promoting concerts out there ever since.

Uncle Tom's Gabbin!

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-35/

Monday, December 24, 2012

Mele Kalikimaka!

No Music News You Can Use today! Happy Holidays!


Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Gabs about Ravi Shankar, who was his very first concert promotion in Hawai'i in 1968

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-34/

Free Hawaiian music Thursday on The Valley Isle

http://www.mauinews.com/page/calendars.detail/cal/6/event/4830/Free-Hawaiian-music-concert-planned.html?d=12%2F20%2F2012

Have guitar, will travel

http://www.app.com/article/20121219/NJENT/312190014/Have-guitar-will-travel?nclick_check=1

Clutch announce their 2013 tour dates

http://www.guitarworld.com/clutch-unveil-earth-rocker-album-art-announce-2013-tour-dates

From geek to guitar god

http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-12-19/music/testament-s-alex-skolnick-went-from-geek-to-guitar-god/

The five best Christmas songs you've never heard

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/12/five_best_christmas_songs.php?ref=trending

Slash gets a new TV gig

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/slash_to_guest_on_charlie_sheens_anger_management.html

Guitar World starts a new "mentor" series

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/guitar-center-announces-launch-of-new-music-mentor-series-offering-free-lessons-in-every-store-location-across-the-us-183990151.html

Garbage start working on their new album

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/garbage_start_work_on_new_material.html?no_takeover

And checking out Canada's Blues Music scene

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/travel/blues+destinations-271186.html

Sunday, December 16, 2012

No-News Sunday

The Musical News You Can Use Drought rolls on!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

12-12-12 Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Gabs about 1986, when The Beach Boys staged their 25th Anniversary Show on Waikiki Beach with Ray Charles and The Everly Brothers

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-33/

Jazz@Work

http://www.goldengatexpress.org/2012/12/11/jazz-at-work/

A wild Air Guitar performance

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlesports/2012/12/11/watch-gonzaga-walk-on-plays-air-guitar-during-battle-with-illinois/

A celebrity guitar auction for charity

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/celebrity-guitar-auction-raises-100k-for-dio-cancer-fund/

Michael Schenker picks his 10 Essential Guitar Albums

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/michael-schenker-picks-10-essential-guitar-albums-568348/1

Ann Arbor's Herb David Guitar Studio turns 50

http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/herb-david-50th-anniversary/

Guitar World chooses their Top 25 live, reissued and archival albums of 2012

http://www.guitarworld.com/guitar-worlds-top-25-live-reissued-and-archival-albums-2012

Buku Music + Art returns to New Orleans

http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/article/buku-music-art-project-returns-to-new-orleans-mardi-gras-world-march-8-9

Riding The Moody Blues' musical See-Saw

http://www.thetelegraph.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_3301ae96-434b-11e2-8d0f-001a4bcf6878.html

And the original members of Queensryche continue work on their new album

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/queensryche_recruit_operation_mindcrime_producer.html


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

12-11-12 Music News You Can Use

10 Music News Items today or bust!

More Hawaiian Music coming to California

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20121211/ENTERTAINMENT04/312110005/Hawaiian-music-dance-coming-downtown-Visalia?nclick_check=1

Pearl Harbor Lights for Christmas

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2012/12/10/Hawaii_Oahu_Pearl_Harbor_holiday_lights

Jake Shimabukuro Talks Story with The Smithsonian

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2012/12/hawaiis-troubadour-of-aloha/

R.I.P. to Hawkwind guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton

http://www.spin.com/articles/huw-lloyd-langton-hawkwind-guitarist-dead-at-61

Guitar great James Burton gives a school some axes

http://www.jamestownsun.com/event/article/id/175259/group/homepage/

A new Guitar Wizards book series

http://www.antimusic.com/news/12/December/10Guitar_Wizards_Book_Series_Coming.shtml

Tennessee introduces its new Guitar License Plate

http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2012/12/10/tennesseans-start-playing-guitar.html

A rig that turns guitar licks into light constellations

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671403/a-rig-that-turns-guitar-licks-into-light-constellations-in-real-time#1

A new House of Blues creates some tension

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2012/12/10/a-house-of-blues-could-hurt-existing.html

And yet another fond remembrance of the late 1980s music series "Night Music"

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiz7-IHiyjI&feature=em-uploademail

Friday, December 7, 2012

Pearl Harbor Day Music News You Can Use

A musical Christmas Grinch in Hawai'i

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/christmas-grinch-atheist-gets-doe-to-halt-winter-charity-concert-just-hours-before-the-show/123

While another annual Hawaiian concert goes on as usual

http://www.marforpac.marines.mil/News/NewsArticleDisplay/tabid/919/Article/135228/hawaii-musicians-make-time-for-giving.aspx

Congrats to Nice Guy Hugh Masekela for his Grammy nomination

http://www.bdlive.co.za/world/americas/2012/12/06/jazz-icon-hugh-masekela-nominated-for-a-grammy

Ali Farke Toure's music is banned in Mali

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20624236

Previewing next year's Mardi Gras in N'Orleans

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/gary-sinise-trombone-shorty-harry-connick-jr-headline-orpheus-parade-perform-at-ball/2012/12/06/618166a6-3fce-11e2-8a5c-473797be602c_story.html

R.I.P. to British composer Jonathan Harvey

http://www.wboc.com/story/20275451/british-composer-jonathan-harvey-dies-at-73

A new guitar company in Boston

http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/boston-art-director-kickstarts-custom-guitar-company_b41922

Guitar Hero 7 revealed

http://www.oxm.co.uk/48247/guitar-hero-7-revealed-vicarious-visions-disaster-used-six-string-guitar/

Mixing Jazz with traditional Arabic music

http://blogs.voanews.com/music/2012/12/07/two-rivers-mixing-jazz-with-traditional-arabic-music/

And R.I.P. to Ed Cassidy, a founding member of the legendary California band SPIRIT

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/spirit-drummer-ed-cassidy-dead-at-89/

Saturday, December 1, 2012

12-01-12 Music News You Can Use

Latest on that Stevie Wonder Hawaiian concert scam

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Alleged-Hawaii-concert-scammer-pleads-not-guilty-4080261.php

Lalo Schifrin's Life in Music

http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Lalo-Schifrin-Lalo-Schifrin-My-4081096.php

Tickets for the 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival go on sale today

http://livemusicblog.com/2012/11/30/jazz-fest-2013-tickets-and-vip-packages-on-sale-tomorrow-12112/

25 years of Jazz Improv at the University of Michigan

http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/university-of-michigan-jazz-and-improvisation-program-celebrating-25-years/

A new Strat with a USB connection

http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/30/review-squier-by-fender-strat-guitar-with-usb-connection/

Aaron Neville embarks on his annual Christmas Tour

http://www.salina.com/entertainment/story/Aaron-Neville-1-30-clone

A new barroom film series features New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2012/11/barroom_film_series_starting_s.html

Coming in 2013: Roots Music for Kids

http://www.therockfather.com/musicforkids/kids-music-news/item/754-roots-music-for-kids-jambo-to-release-hootenanny-in-february-2013

Ringo sprouts "Wings"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ringo-starr-grooves-through-wings-in-atlanta-premiere-20121130

And spending 2 days on Mau'i, listening to slack key guitars

http://www.thestar.com/travel/northamerica/article/1295461--hawaii-travel-two-perfect-days-on-magical-maui

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Learn how to play guitar with You-Tab!

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/11/23/play-guitar-you-tab-is-a-great-way-to-learn-songs-and-watch-youtube-at-the-very-same-time/

Chronicling some crazy stage dives

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/friday_fun_craziest_stage_dives.html

A new "best acoustic guitar player in the world" poll

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/tommy-emmanuel-tops-best-acoustic-guitar-player-in-the-world-poll-567463

Yet another great new band name-The Dillinger Escape Plan

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/the_dillinger_escape_plan_signs_with_sumerian_records.html

New Orleans' music scene, thru the eyes of a Vermonter

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2012/11/new_orleans_music_scene_throug.html

Pullman Porter Blues

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/172497-All-Aboard-Music-Kissed-Pullman-Porter-Blues-Starring-Cleavant-Derricks-Steams-Into-DCs-Arena-Stage

One of George Harrison's leather jackets goes on display in Liverpool

http://www.examiner.com/article/george-harrison-leather-jacket-goes-on-exhibit-liverpool

Time for the Baby Blues Showcase in St. Louis

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/348334/71/11th-Annual-Baby-Blues-Showcase

A youtube tour of Governors Island

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oDKojYZ5-Q

And Buddy Guy has a new live album coming out December 18th

http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/article/blues-icon-buddy-guy-to-release-live-at-legends-on-december-18th

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Turkey Day!

No Music News You Can Use today...see y'all on Black Friday!